Attorney General Eric Holder fires back on Fast & Furious

Attorney General Eric Holder is denying charges that he misled Congress about his knowledge of Operation Fast and Furious, and he’s denouncing lawmakers for “political posturing” in their strident criticism of the ill-fated gunrunning probe.

Republican leaders in Congress have questioned Holder’s candor when he told a House hearing in May that he had “probably” first heard of the controversial investigation a few weeks earlier. However, documents the Justice Department provided to congressional investigators in recent days show that at least five memos sent to Holder beginning in July 2010 discussed the operation.

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“My testimony was truthful and accurate and I have been consistent on this point throughout. I have no recollection of knowing about Fast and Furious or of hearing its name prior to the public controversy about it,” Holder said in a five-page letter sent to Congress Friday afternoon. “Prior to early 2011, I certainly never knew about the tactics employed in the operation.”

Holder gave no indication that he plans to resign, as he has been urged to do by a few Republican lawmakers and by the National Rifle Association.

Fast and Furious, which was run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, has drawn criticism over its use of a technique known as “gun-walking,” which allowed hundreds of firearms to flow essentially unimpeded from legal U.S. gun dealers across the border to Mexican drug-trafficking gangs. Weapons from the investigation have shown up at two crime scenes in the U.S., including the shooting death of a Border Patrol agent last December.

Holder also lashed out at some of the more extreme charges being leveled by Republican lawmakers, such as a statement this week by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) that federal officials who approved the “gun-walking” technique should be charged as accessories to murder.

“Such irresponsible and inflammatory rhetoric must be repudiated in the strongest possible terms,” Holder wrote. “Those who serves in the ranks of law enforcement are our nation’s heroes and deserve our nation’s thanks, not the disrespect that is being heaped on them by those who seek political advantage.”

Holder asked the chairs and ranking members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee to “denounce” Gosar’s statements.

Eric Holder along with the rest of the Oblunder Administration belong in prison. They would all rather lie, even when it is obvious that they are, instead of telling the truth. It is a sad and pathetic time in American history.

There is undoubtedly an agenda behind this outrage, having to do with coming up with a way of taking away citizens' guns. He enforces laws selectively. He promoted this outrage and now lies about it. He allows new black panther thugs to intimidate voters and get away with it. His stormtroopers raided Gibson Guitar for some spurious reason having to do with imported wood, when all other guitar companies were doing the same thing. It's no coincidence that Gibson, the only American guitar making company persecuted, donates to Republicans and uses non-union labor. Had Gibson donated Democrat and used union-thug labor, this wouldn't have happened. Eric Holder needs to be removed from office.

There is undoubtedly an agenda behind this outrage, having to do with coming up with a way of taking away citizens' guns. He enforces laws selectively. He promoted this outrage and now lies about it. He allows new black panther thugs to intimidate voters and get away with it. His stormtroopers raided Gibson Guitar for some spurious reason having to do with imported wood, when all other guitar companies were doing the same thing. It's no coincidence that Gibson, the only American guitar making company persecuted, donates to Republicans and uses non-union labor. Had Gibson donated Democrat and used union-thug labor, this wouldn't have happened. Eric Holder needs to be removed from office.

There is undoubtedly an agenda behind this outrage, having to do with coming up with a way of taking away citizens' guns. He enforces laws selectively. He promoted this outrage and now lies about it. He allows new black panther thugs to intimidate voters and get away with it. His stormtroopers raided Gibson Guitar for some spurious reason having to do with imported wood, when all other guitar companies were doing the same thing. It's no coincidence that Gibson, the only American guitar making company persecuted, donates to Republicans and uses non-union labor. Had Gibson donated Democrat and used union-thug labor, this wouldn't have happened. Eric Holder needs to be removed from office.

What did you think he was going to do, say, ya I knew all about it. This guy is just just like his boss, a liar and nothing more, For what he's done to America I hope he goes to prison and shares a cell with a 375 pound skin head with racist tendencies.

Hey, it’s not like the Senate didn’t know what they were getting when they confirmed Holder. He’s the same guy who said that as Assistant AG, he didn’t bother to read up on Marc Rich’s criminal activities before recommending him for a presidential pardon during the Clinton administration. As noted above, Holder is either one of the laziest lawyers on the planet, or he’s a corrupt liar, or both. Whatever category one chooses, Holder is clearly not fit to be the AG of the U.S.

At least he should fire all the people that were involved to prep him for the Congress meeting and if he didn't ask for help than he really has to leave his job due to contempt of Congress and incompetence!